Pedestal-table.



PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

H. c. SCHNEIDER. PEDESTAL TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.28,1903.

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HENRY C. SCHNEIDER, OF NORTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

PEDESTAL-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 28, 1903. Serial No. 186.793-

Patented July 16, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pedestal-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pedestal tables, with especialreference to that class of such tables in which the pedestal post isformed either integrally or of permanently united sections.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the pedestal legsmay be removed from the post for shipment and readily secured inposition by the dealer or user on arrival at its destination.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a view, partly in section, of the lowerend of a pedestal post and its legs with my invention ap- Fig. 2 iscross sectional View, drawn on line x:c of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 aredetail views of the key used for securing the legs in position.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

A is the lower end of a pedestal post and B are the legs. The pedestalpost is in the form of .an ornamental hollow cylinder, openat the lowerend, and the legs B are provided with headed lag bolts C projecting fromtheir inner ends through holes D in the lower end of the pedestal postA, which holes D are large enough to permit the heads of the bolts C topass through. The head ends of the bolts project within the cylinder,and are engaged by suitable wedges F, which are inserted at the end ofthe post and driven into position between the heads of the bolts and theinner faces of the pedestal post, whereby the legs are bound tightlyagainst the outer faces of such pivot. The wedges are forked, beingprovided with arms 1 and 2 so as to engage the head of the bolt on eachside.

It is desirable that the wedges should remain permanently within thepedestal post whether the legs are attached or not, and I have thereforeprovided one of the wedge fork arms 1 with a slotted fiange 3 projectinglaterally from the arm and through which a headed screw or pi'n G may beinserted and screwed into the pedestal post as shown in Fig. 1, the headof the screw being larger than the width of the slot so that the screwwill retain the wedge while permitting it to move a distance equal tothe length of the slot. The screw is so located that the wedge ispermitted to move into and out of engagement with the head of the bolt,and is preferably located to permit the wedge to move outwardly alongthe inner face of said post.

With this construction, it is possible to apply the legs to the outsideof the pedestal posts, with the lag bolts projecting interiorly throughthe holes D, and then secure the legs in position by manipulating thewedges through the open ends of the pedestal post. Centering pins itsupport and fix the position of the leg.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,

The combination with a hollow pedestal post, open at one end and havingside apertures near its lower end, of detachable, laterally projectinglegs having lag bolts projecting from their inner ends through saidapertures; and wedge keys Within said post, extending longitudinallyalong its inner faces, between the heads of the respective bolts andsaid faces, whereby said wedge keys may be manipulated from the open endof the post; each of said wedge keys being forked and arranged toreceive the lag bolts between the arms of the fork, and one of the forkarms of each key being provided with a longitudinal slot; together witha headed projection for each key, extending through the slot thereof andmovably connecting the key with the post.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY C. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses Lnvnnnr'l C. WHEELER, JAs. B. ERWIN.

